I assisted him in collecting them ; and took down from oral tradition, and transcribed from old manuscripts, by far the greatest part of those pieces he has published. Since the publication, I have carefully compared the translation with the copies of... Notes on the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems - Page 39by Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 76 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...t See Letter in Appendix to Report of the Highland Society, p. 8. published. Since the publication, I have carefully compared the translation with the...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal, even in such a degree as to preserve in some measure the cadence of the Gaelic versification. I need... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...old manuscripts, by far the greatest part of those pieces he has published. Since the publication, I have carefully compared the translation with the...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal, even in such a degree, ae to preserve, in some measure, the cadence ot° the Gaelic versification.... | |
| American periodicals - 1871 - 880 pages
...took down from oral tradition, and transcribed from old manuscripts, by far the greater part of those pieces he has published. I have carefully compared...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal." If this testimony could be received simply and unhesitatingly, it would settle the controversy. But,... | |
| Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 pages
...took down from oral tradition and transcribed from old manuscripts by far the greatest part of those pieces he has published. I have carefully compared...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal. Some of the hereditary bards retained by the chiefs committed very early to writing some of the works... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1871 - 542 pages
...took down from oral tradition, and transcribed from old manuscripts, by far the greater part of those pieces he has published. I have carefully compared...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal." If this testimony could be received simply and unhesitatingly, it would settle the controversy. But,... | |
| John Stuart Blackie - Civilization, Celtic, in literature - 1876 - 356 pages
...old manuscripts, by far the greatest part of those pieces he has published. Since the publication, I have carefully compared the translation with the...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal, even in such a degree as to preserve, in some measure, the cadence of the Gaelic versification. I need... | |
| John Stuart Blackie - Gaelic literature - 1876 - 352 pages
...old manuscripts, by far the greatest part of those pieces he has published. Since the publication, I have carefully compared the translation with the...originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal, even in such a degree as to preserve, in \ some measure, the cadence of the Gaelic versification. I... | |
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